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Summer of Night

Dan Simmons

7.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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It’s the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five twelve year old boys...

The Treehouse

Randi Triant

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Camilla Thompson, a Humanities college professor who never did write that Great American Novel,...

Lesbian Relationships Loss and Recovery

Screamcatcher: Sa'be Most Monstrous

Christy J. Breedlove

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Jory Pike and the Badlands Paranormal Society get a strange and frantic call from a woman who claims...

Young Adult Urban Fantasy Myths and Legends

graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3) in Books

Feb 15, 2019

Yet another fun mystery featuring Amelia Peabody. While I have to admit the mystery didn't interest me much, the repartee between the indomitable Amelia and Emerson, and Ms. Peabody's (or Mrs. Emerson's) narration, more than made up for it. Ramses can be amusing also, but he can be a bit too much sometimes, probably because he is too precocious and smart to be believed. How many languages does this five-year-old know? Although I do think this specific example is the whole point of these books and how they should be seen: as a farcical look on adventure books in the Victorian era, but that's just a guess. Also, the book was a bit too long and would have been a better book had thirty or so pages been taken out. However, Amelia and her exploits are still a fast and fun way to pass the time.

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BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in Books

Apr 21, 2019

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

J.K. Rowling, Newt Scamander | 2001 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

(34 Ratings)

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If this was one of my text books I might have done my homework.

I was really unsure of reading this when it first came out since I tend to stay away from novellas or side books but it's for Harry Potter so I took the dive and you know what I was not disappointed.

I really didn't know how I was going to like reading a "text book" book but Fantastic Beasts is really cool in that you do get to learn more about the magical creatures of the wizarding world.. And honestly I wish it was longer!

My favorite thing and what really just helps this book be more immersive is that it is Harry Potter's old school text book so it has little notes from him and Ron. It's a small detail but just really cute and a must have for Potterheads.